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Yosemite already has a via ferrata: the cable route on Half Dome.
by snowwrestler 3y ago
Yosemite already has a via ferrata: the cable route on Half Dome.
- stagger87 3y agoYes, and it's a huge attraction. For better or for worse?
- snowwrestler 3y agoI think it’s for worse, but NPS obviously disagrees. They seem to have essentially designated most of the Valley a sort of tourist sacrifice zone, what with all the hotels, roads, stores, paved hiking trails, etc. There was a similar cables route up Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park for decades, but NPS took it out, leaving the Keyhole Route as the easiest (but not easy) remaining way to the summit.
- treprinum 3y agoThat's not a real via ferrata. Via ferratas in Europe require a helmet, a harness and a double hook lanyard, and being secured to a steel rope at all times.